Leaving Grampians/Odjezd z Grampians

Last day in Grampians was not exactly a highlight. First we decided to check out Mt William, the highest peak of Grampians. The brochure promised 360 views of the mountains, happy couple smiling on the photo enjoying the sun and the fabulous views. So we drove up to the carpark and set out on the short 2 km hike to the summit. It was quite cold but sunny. Well, at first it was. Few minutes later it was cold and cloudy and few minutes after that it was freezing, windy and we were in a thick cloud. Nevertheless we proceeded to the summit as we figured out that in such strong wind the cloud must blow over soon, right? Must have been one huge cloud as despite the crazy wind it stayed there all the time we were trying to get up. Also instead of being helpful and blowing into our backs it was blowing against us. So towards the wind I was pretty much wiping the track with my face trying to walk against this storm that came out of nowhere while Gordie was behind me swearing and cursing. Anyway we made it to the top eventually and this was our reward:

Yup, couldn’t see a thing. Naive as we are we stayed there in the cold and wind waiting for it to blow over, nearly freezing to death. It did blow over. As soon as we descended to the car park that  is. So below the Czech translation are some photos I could have taken from our car without feeling like I am trying to conquer the South Pole. From Mt William we drove to a campsite in southern part of Grampians for our last night in the area. From the campsite started another walk, so we went to give it a go. After a bit of a climb we got to a nice view which I took a photo of. When passing the camera back to Gordie we dropped it and broke it. Back in the camp Gordie tried to fix it, which finished the poor thing off completely, so here is the last photo ever taken with our camera:

 

So as I said – not exactly the highlight.

 

Nas posledni den v Grampians nevysel uplne podle predstav. Napred jsme se rozhodli vyrazit na Mt William, coz je nejvyssi hora Grampians a udajne jsou z ni uzasne vyhledy. Na brozurce byla fotka paru, ktery se vyhrival na slunicku zatimco si uzivali vyhledy na cele udoli. Tak jsme vyjeli na parkoviste a vyrazili na kratky doukilometrovy pochod na vrchol. Bylo sice celkem zima, ale slunecno, tak jsem si brousila zuby na panorama pohori. Behem par minut se sice zatahlo, ale stale dobry. Za dalsich par minut byla furt zima, ale pridal se vitr a zatahlo se jeste vic. Za dalsich par minut jsme byli ve vanici uprostred mraku. Tvrdohlave jsme postupovali k vrchlu, ackoliv jsme ksichtem vicemene drela o zem, kdyz jsem se snazila jit proti silicimu vetru. Gordie sel za mnou a nadaval. Kdyz jsme se konecne dohrabali na vrchol, byli jsme odmeny timto vyhledem:

  Presne tak, videli jsme kulovy. Chvili jsme tam v zime a vetru naivne vyckavali, ze se ten mrak treba prevali, ale kdyz jsme byli uz skoro zmrzli, roztrhala jsem brozurku a dali jsme se na sestup. Mraky se nakonec prevalily – kdyz jsme dosli zpet na parkoviste. Dole dam nejaky fotky, ktery jsem sice mohla udelat rovnou z auta, bez nacviku dobyti severniho polu. Od Mt William jsme se vydali do kempu v jizni casti Grampians, kde jsme planovali stravit posledni noc v teto oblasti. Primo z kempu vychazel trek, tak jsme vyrazili. Po kratkem vystupu jsme se dohrabali na vyhlidku, kde jsem hned zacala fotit. Kdyz jsem fotak vracela Gordiemu, tak jsme ho upustili a rozbili. Zpatky v kempu ho Gordie zkousel spravit, cimz ho dodelal uplne. Takze tady je historicky posledni fotka z naseho fotaku:

Jak rikam – nebyl to uplne nejlepsi den.